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by cbfrench 725 days ago
“There's a long drive... way back at center field... way back, back, it is a... Oh my! Caught by Mays!”

https://youtu.be/7bLt2xKaNH0?si=I1rvcp67qk2pV5yN

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The YouTube algorithm actually worked pretty well for once. It linked to this [1] video for me that broke down that catch. I'm not a big baseball fan and so that catch looked nice, but not especially remarkable, to me. The video breaking down exactly what you're watching there is really helpful for understanding what's really going on.

[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htZNlCZ6uqE

This play has its own wikipedia page - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Catch_(baseball)
i used to have a photograph of this catch on my corkboard when a child.